Charles Jalabert

Charles François Jalabert (1819–1901) was a French painter in the academic style.

He rapidly gained renown as an artist among Parisian high society in the second half of the 19th century and attended the salon of Madame Sabatier.

One of his most famous works was the oil on canvas painting called The Plague of Thebes.

Thebes is ravaged by plague as a result of the corruption in the place and the murderer of Laius, the former king of the city.

The Plague of Thebes, and other famous works of Jalabert's, like Oedipus and Antigone, are now on display at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes.